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Chapter 545 The Positive Significance of Losing

Chapter 545 The Positive Significance of Losing

Chapter 125 The Positive Significance of Losing

Manchester United's away loss to Sunderland made the media in England excited a lot.Manchester United currently has 26 wins, three draws and two losses in 21 rounds of the league, scoring 66 points. Now ranked second in the league, Leicester City scored 53 points in one game less, [-] points behind Manchester United, and if this round of Leicester If City wins the game, the point difference between the two sides will be reduced to ten points.

Although it seems that the gap is very large, this at least proves that the suspense of this season's Premier League will continue to be retained-who knows if Ancelotti's team will suddenly have a three-game losing streak and a four-game losing streak. What.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the teams behind cannot lose the chain and can continue to put pressure on Manchester United behind them.

The league is like a marathon, the athletes who run at the front are the most stressed.

However, the head coach of Leicester City did not cater to the excited media. Ranieri remained low-key after this game: "We will not set the goal of chasing Manchester United. Now the only goal of Leicester City is to end the season. After that, we can still stay in the top four. Now we are more concerned about our opponents in this round of the league."

Leicester City's opponent in this round is Arsenal. Arsenal currently has 48 points and ranks fourth in the league, while Manchester City behind them is only one point behind Arsenal.Leicester City want to beat Arsenal, but it is not a small challenge.

Speaking of which, Manchester United's loss this round seems to be the right time, because the four teams from No.2 to No.5 behind Manchester United will fight against each other in this round. Tenham Hotspur has now climbed to the No.3 position in the league, and their opponent is Manchester City, which is currently one point behind Tottenham.

Therefore, no matter what the final results of these games are, the adverse effects of Manchester United's loss can be minimized.

The final result of these two games was that Leicester City lost to Arsenal in an away game. Although they failed to lose their second place in the league, they were still [-] points away from the top of the list. so wide.

Tottenham defeated Manchester City away and scored 51 points.Now the Premier League can basically be divided into five groups.

First of all, the first group is of course the championship group.However, there is currently only one team in this championship group. Manchester United leads by [-] points, which is almost the best. Unless Manchester United suddenly dies in the next game, this advantage has already allowed Manchester United to see the reflection of the Premier League trophy. light up.

The second group is the "Four Groups", including Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, and Manchester City. These four teams will compete for No.2 to No. 4. Fight for Champions League qualification.

The third group is competing for the Europa League qualification, but the Premier League teams have never been too concerned about the Europa League, so the competition in this group is actually not big.Under normal circumstances, the Premier League has three teams participating in the Europa League.League No.5 directly enters the Europa League.The FA Cup winner will directly enter the Europa League. If the FA Cup winner participates in the Champions League or is unable to participate due to other reasons, the runner-up will enter the Europa League.If the runner-up cannot participate, League No.6 will participate.The English League Cup champion can also get a ticket to the Europa League. If the champion cannot participate, the sixth league will participate. If the league No.6 cannot participate or has already participated, the league No.7 will participate.Therefore, the top seven in the league may qualify for the Europa League.

The fourth group belongs to the "soy sauce" group. They basically have no worries about relegation, and they don't have enough motivation to get a better ranking.

The fifth group is a cruel and fierce relegation zone.In addition to Aston Villa basically locking up a relegation spot, the other two relegation spots will be produced between Bournemouth, Swansea, Norwich, Newcastle, and Sunderland. The biggest difference between the five teams is only four points, and the competition is quite fierce.

Although after this round of the league, Manchester United was not approached by the opponent because of the loss, but no matter what, it is always uncomfortable to lose.

Manchester United's training ground seems to have been quiet these days. Manchester United players are obviously worried about losing to a relegation team.

Ancelotti didn't take this loss too seriously.The league has now played 26 rounds, and Manchester United has only lost two games. In such a fiercely competitive Premier League, it has surprised many people to achieve such results.Even in La Liga dominated by Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Barcelona will lose a few games in a season.

And to some extent, this loss made Ancelotti breathe a sigh of relief.Since this period of time, with the continuous victories and the huge advantage in the standings, Manchester United's players are obviously too confident. Even in the face of a team like Chelsea, Manchester United also showed an underestimation of the enemy at the beginning tendency.

If this continues, the league may have no worries, but I am afraid it will suffer in the Champions League.And if they lose in the league, Manchester United at least have time to adjust, and they have enough lead to allow them to afford the cost of losing.But if they lose in the UEFA Champions League, which has entered the knockout stage, there will be no room for Manchester United to adjust and recover.

Manchester United's triumphant progress in the Premier League this season has gradually increased Ancelotti's ambitions.Since there is not much pressure in the league, why can't we invest more energy in the Champions League?

Ancelotti coached Milan to reach the Champions League final three times and win the championship twice. Speaking of which, he is also a coach with Champions League genes.Although Manchester United's current lineup still has some problems, the solid defense still gives Ancelotti the confidence to go further in the Champions League.

Losing in the league now is not entirely a bad thing in Ancelotti's view. After all, losing in the league is better than losing in the Champions League, right?

After entering the knockout round, such a competition system has no room for the team to make mistakes.Therefore, although Manchester United's players are upset after losing, it is better than losing in the Champions League because of their pride and underestimation.

Of course, Manchester United's opponent in the Champions League is Ghent, a team from the Belgian League. , Who doesn't have two brushes.

In a competition of the level of the Champions League, there are not many real big players.If Manchester United faced Gent with the idea of ​​​​underestimating the enemy, it would not be a surprise to lose.

(End of this chapter)